Two of the state’s finest female athletes went head-to-head during the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi Divisional Meet, at Western Dubuque High School, May 5, as Western Dubuque’s Audrey Biermann outran Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Gabby Cortez to win the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes, l…

In the final round for bragging rights in the county, the Western Dubuque girls’ golf team parlayed their first-round runner-up total to the title May 4 at Dubuque Golf and Country Club.

Two matches this week put the Beckman boys’ soccer team firmly back on the winning side of the sheet, with a 2-0 win at Vinton-Shellsburg and 6-0 defeat of Independence.

Three games last week, one win. That‘s the count for the Beckman girls on the soccer pitch.

May 5 saw the Beckman track and field teams hosting their final WaMaC Conference meet. The school will be in the River Valley next season.

The Western Dubuque boys’ soccer team suffered two tough losses this week being beaten 11-1 by Linn-Mar on Buchman Field in Epworth, May 3 and 3-0 to Cedar Rapids Washington in Cedar Rapids, May 6.

The Western Dubuque girls went 1-3 on the tennis courts last week.

Grace Bower scored the first goal of her high school career to lead the Western Dubuque girls’ soccer team to a 1-0 win over Cedar Rapids Washington in Epworth, May 6.

Maquoketa Valley won three relays and Brock Trenkamp won both throwing events to lead the Wildcats to a second-place finish in the Tri-Rivers Conference track meet, at Lisbon High School, May 5.

Maquoketa Valley’s girls finished a solid fourth in the 2022 Tri-Rivers Conference track meet, at Lisbon High School, May 5.

Almost Famous Dance and Gymnastics are graduating six seniors this year. They will perform at their final Spring Dance Recital Sunday, May 15 at Dubuque Five Flags Theatre. The Monticello show is at 10 a.m. and the Dyersville show is at 4 p.m. Senior Gracie Tuel will also perform at her fina…

Western Dubuque won its first-ever Drake Relays event, at Drake Stadium, April 29, as Ava Ramler, Sammy Recker, Brynn Walters and Audrey Biermann ran away from a strong field to win the sprint medley.

Western Dubuque competed well on the Blue Oval at the Drake Relays last week, bringing home a pair of medals.

In a game at Benton Community, April 29, the Beckman boys’ soccer team topped the Bobcats, 3-1, after building a 1-0 lead in the first half.

Hosting the Benton Community Bobcats April 28, the Beckman girls’ soccer team claimed a 2-0 win in a game that coach Greg Keegan termed “one between two very well-matched teams.”

The Western Dubuque girls’ soccer team lost two Mississippi Valley Conference battles to two ranked teams and fell to 4-3 for the season.

With several athletes nursing injuries, a depleted team of Beckman track and field team competed at the Cascade Co-ed Invitational, April 28, and settled for fifth (girls) and ninth (boys) in the team totals.

The Western Dubuque boys’ soccer team lost to Cedar Falls, 9-1, in Epworth, April 26, and Iowa City, City High, 8-1, in Iowa City, April 28.

Maquoketa Valley’s boys’ track and field team won three individual events and three relays on the way to a second-place finish at the 2022 Cascade Co-Ed Invitational, April 28.

Maquoketa Valley’s girls’ track and field team had a big night at the Cascade Co-Ed Invitational, April 28, scoring 111 points to finish second to team champion Maquoketa at 154.

There will be plenty of Western Dubuque red and black on display at this week’s 2022 Drake Relays, in Des Moines, April 29-30.

Senior Eli Nauman will be a busy man in Des Moines this week, as he leads a strong contingent of Western Dubuque athletes to the 2022 Drake Relays, in Des Moines, April 28-30.

Beckman’s boys’ soccer team rebounded from its first loss of the season at Marion, April 19, with a 1-0 victory at home over Center Point-Urbana, April 21.

Five of six Beckman boys shot under 40 to cop a triangular at the Monticello Golf Course, 153-176-186, over the host team and Anamosa, April 20.

At the Denny Gruber Relays, April 20, in Solon, the Beckman boys’ track and field team came in eighth with 16 points.

Points were hard to come by for the Beckman girls’ track and field team at the Denny Gruber Relays, April 20, in Solon.

Hosting the Marion Wolves April 19, the Beckman girls’ soccer team won 3-0 after out-shooting them 26-11.

The Western Dubuque girls’ tennis team lost four matches last week. The Bobcats fell, 7-2, to Wahlert at home, April 18. They traveled to Linn-Mar and lost to the Lions, 6-3, April 21. They finished the week with a 5-4 loss to Waterloo West and a 9-0 loss to Cedar Falls, April 23 at Epworth.

Olivia Thul and Natalie Coyle scored goals to lead the Western Dubuque girls’ soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Central DeWitt at Buchman Field in Epworth, April 18.

Even though goals are difficult to come by for the Western Dubuque boys’ soccer team, this hard-working group of guys still manage to hang in soccer matches.

Moser School of Dance and Gymnastics, celebrating over 50 years of teaching the area youth will present its Dyersville area annual dance and gymnastics recital Sunday, May 1, at noon in the Beckman gym.

Maquoketa Valley’s girls’ track and field team finished fifth at the Tipton Co-Ed Relays, April 19, picking up a relay title and winning a pair of individual events.

Maquoketa Valley’s boys’ track and field team finished fourth in the Monticello Co-Ed Meet, April 21, as the host Panthers won the championship with 143 points. Center-Point-Urbana was second (123), North Linn third (105), MV fourth (67), North Cedar fifth (56), East Buchanan sixth (39), Spr…

Edgewood-Colesburg counted four scores under 60 to claim a win over the Maquoketa Valley girls’ golf team April 19 at Hart Ridge in Manchester, 219-258.